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Note that items are in random order under each month before June '05; supposed to be in reverse chronological order, but I forgot and will eventually have to fix. Meanwhile, you can just go to the whole-month link and see them in the correct order together. (Last updated: May 31, 2009)

May, 2009

My Browser Life is Complete Gotta love my browser's auto-completion feature: Easy access to all things dog agility! And--ahem, yes--important things like work.
A Tragic Loss R.I.P. Risk Scannell.
Yes! I'm Going! I'm off to Turlock for a day and a bit of agility.
Insurance Settlement for car break-in gets complicated.
Bleahhhhhhh Part 2 Cold? Flu? Aardvarks? And who is that other person in my bed?
Bleahhhhhhh By dose is all stuffed up.
Stretching...or Not Cramps, stretching, fruit in my very own yard.
A Memorial Day to Remember Agility demo and complete exhaustion. A good time was had by all.
Don't Ever Do This Again In which we offer to do an agility demo for a big event down the street.
We Don't Get No Respect AKC and the public perception of agility.
No Dogs Tonight and Sore Legs In which we realize why we shouldn't slack off on the uphill/downhills.
New Puppy Blog by Nancy Gyes Enjoy puppy-training thoughts with a real pro.
Early Start on a Hot Day Another 4-mile walk at dawn with dogs and camera.
TaJ MuttHall Yard and Local Deities In which we take a camera tour in our very yard to prove that lacking an SLR doesn't mean that we can't take quick unartistic snapshots anyway. Plus an inventory of yard deities of many persuasions.
Aftermath More on the break-in
Mixed Blessings Sigh.
Boost Plays to the Max and Tika Has a Lot to Say Small dogs come visiting.
No Thanks, No Puppy for Me In which I continue to realize that I am content with my current dog population and that my current dog population has some agility issues.
Cutting Back On Agility Where to cut? How? Why? When?
History Reappears Comparing 2002 to now.
The Evil Devil Floor(s) Boost's brain explodes over--flooring.
Old Age. It's Not for the Faint of Heart. A scare, sadness, and relief.
Spring Color Iris and roses in Taj MuttHall's yard.
From High to Low and In Between We won! We lost! We learned! We exhausted ourselves!
USDAA Standard-Extravaganza Trial Day 1 We have a good day.

April, 2009

Get Uncomfortable Thoughts on moving out of your comfort zone.
Ambitions! OK! Time to get serious about agility training!
Well, Here's What's What Really, I love my dogs, I do. All them blue merles.
Platinum Dog! Tika gets a big title! And Boost doesn't!
This Weekend USDAA trial, here we come
Going To Your First Agility Trial? Is this your first agility competition? You are new to the agility weekend thang? Here are some links to useful info.
CPE Weekend By The Clock: The Movie You've read the blog, you've seen the trial, NOW in theaters near you: CPE Weekend By The Clock!
We Are All Unique Google searches don't always come up with what you expect.
Random Things in April The mind wanders. The life wanders.
She Swoons Because It's All About the Clothing Agility is coming and we're not prepared. A Facebook experience, confirming that agility is all about the clothing.
AKC Confirms that Mixed-Breed Dogs Aren't Real Dog... New program for mixed-breed dogs in AKC performance events segregates them from the "real" competitors.
Windy Day in California What's all this blowing about?
California Natives--Flowers, Rocks, Birds, Butterf... Photos galore, even if they are slightly out of focus.
Hiking Photos Fun in the sun and in the cow plop.
Dog Health and Hiking Both dogs seem fine. Did some nice hiking with dogs and wildflowers today.

March, 2009

Life Taxes, earthquake, agility dangers, necks, bugs, computers...
Ellen's Computer is So Down : Ellen is beside herself. (A neat trick.)
Tika Status It's the neck. Now what?
Taj MuttHall in Redneck Oh, man, this dialectizer is too much fun!
World Good. Facebook Good. Tika gets a vet appointment through facebook.
Think First, Thow Toy Later Of all the stupid--
Tika Is Fine Today Only a little sore.
It Isn't Supposed to Work Like This Tika and Boost both out for the count.
Tika Pops The Weaves Video from two weeks ago.
Dogs Take Over the Roofs Photos on a theme.
Off To Do Agility CPE this weekend in Santa Rosa
Hiking With or Without Dogs Brisk Sierra Club hike along lower Stevens Creek.
Still Life With Dogs. OK, Not So Still. It's not the camera that's the challenge.
Choices Made I make some progress with dogs but not much.
Who's Watching "Watchmen"? Not much of a movie review. With dogs.
Boost Visits the Orthopedist and Tika Goes For a Hike : Boost looks good but there's work to do.
Ribbons and Choices Tika does well but is sore; Boost runs a lot; TMH can't make up its mind.
News and Notes stuff..
New Toys A selection of fun things for a rainy day.
Preparing for CPE Agility This Weekend ...in the rain...with no practice... riding along with my train of thoughts this drizzly morning...

February, 2009

Things To Do When Not Doing Agility #83 Go to the garden center.
Things To Do When Not Doing Agility #27 Trimming Shrubbery
The Domestic Agility Mom In which we learn why it's a bad idea for dogs to play tug of war on your bed on which your bed linens also reside. We then focus on our household trimming and ironing skills.
In Limbo Not much agility training.
Dog Dreams, Boost Balance, and Just Tika Where my mind goes at night, and what we're doing during the day.
Plastic Surgery and a Trim, with Flowers My van is back, sans big dents, and I just mowed the lawn for the first time in 2009.
Best News On Food Labeling Completely unrelated to dogs, but I think that the "Nuval" (Overall Nutritional Value Index) is the best nutritional aid to come along in a long time.
Favorite Dog Lyrics Part 6 From KTMH (K-TajMuttHall), only the finest in foolish repurposed dog lyrics.
More About Boost Orthopedist appointment in 3 weeks; pelvis comments.
A Break for Boost Taking Boost out of agility for a while.
Tika/Boost 2016! Election propaganda.
Walkin' In the Rain, We're Happy Again Entertainments after 6 consecutive rainy days.
Dogs' Birthday Photos Boost turned 4 on January 31; Tika turned 8 on Feb 14.
101 Ellenphant Jokes Trimming the lemon tree. In the rain. Cold rain.
Four on the Floor On hands and knees on the kitchen floor, making the world a better place to live.
Busy Weekend Again Even Without Agility Friday and Saturday, dog playtime, then photo expedition.
Ellen Likes Who knew?
Sense of Forboding -- Can We Hurry On Into March P... This certain month has some bad juju.
A Little Good News on the Van no side/frame damage
Teeny Rental Thing Cute but not practical.
Health Myths Debunked Here A public service announcement with an agility slant.
Accident Schmaccident A busy, painful, and possibly expensive day.
Exercise Them Mini Dawgs An interesting invention for smaller dogs.
I'm So Busy Memeing I Can Hardly Think Straight or... Another Facebook tagging fantasy: "Ten things I learned from my dog(s)."
Favorite Dog Lyrics Part 5 From K-TMH (K-TajMuttHall), only the finest in dog-related music and hijacked lyrics!
Random Things in February new glasses, daylight, weave poles, deck training, rain vs. mud...
Thanks For the Cake -- Maybe Next Time Some Qs? USDAA weekend summary.

January, 2009

Boost's Bars The bar-knocking expert does it again. We look forward to the weekend--
Ribbon Wall We earned 'em; we'd like to enjoy 'em.
25 Things About Me, and 25 More Another homework assignment from Facebook.
Throw the Book At That Dog Compare and contrast: Powell's City of Books vs Taj MuttHall's unincorporated village of books.
Build an Agility Jump--or Win One Need jumps in your yard? Here are a couple of ways to do it.
One-Day USDAA Not a bad day altogether.
Making the World Safe-- --for dogs and other living things.
Here and There in Portland From the river to the hills.
From My Hotel Window So much to see, from just one rectangular glass-filled hole in the wall 20 stories up.
Long Portland Walk in the Poo Capital Hybrids everywhere. Of course that's what I meant.
In Portland Just arrived and going for a walk.
Here I Am, Stylin' As Always Guess the year.
Walking Thoughts on the long walk last night with the dogs.
It's About Time! Saving Purebred Dogs British Kennel Club makes it unacceptable to breed dogs whose features make them unhealthy.
Bars My goodness gracious what an evening.
Agility Dogs Run Errands Visiting the credit union and the grocery store.
Boost's First Herding Lesson Maybe should be titled "My First Herding Lesson"
Scary Things In The Night Do we have a sick dog or do we not?
Cold and Wet and Buster Cubes When it's cold or wet (or both) outside, how to burn off some doggie ergs?
Dogz Yardz Dragonz Toyz A busy afternoon out in the back 4. (Not enough space to be 40.)
Sunrise This morning, out my back window.
Just Stuff To Start the New Year Happy 2009 and some general training progress.

December, 2008

And Thus Endeth Another Year Looking back. And forth.
6th Photo An exercise from the "taggers" gamebook.
So Much To Do--You Know the Routine-- Dogs got a little walk, a little play.
Good Thing There's Work So I Can Recover From the ... Busy busy busy. - California Theater, friends, Monterey, gatherings, hiking, movies, photos
The Whole Family Photo: Except 4-year-old Kate, who wanted to wander around looking at stuff instead.
Marley and Not Me Why I won't watch this dog movie (and other movie notes)
Well, It's Christmas All Over Again Santa Claus is coming to town. Tonight. I hope I've been good. Xmas Tree and decor, dogs with bones, etc.
Keeping Warm Last Weekend Photos from a friend from the Dec 13-14 USDAA trial.
Autumn, Winter, Spring, and a Nice Brisk Walk California's an odd place, season-wise, but we still love hiking the Guadalupe River Trail.
More Bored Dog It's eleven at night, we should either be playing or going to bed.
ME WANT MORE PLAY How I can tell that I haven't given the dogs what they need yet for the day.
Dang Jumpers Legs Comparing Boost's and Tika's Jumpers histories
Clarifying DAM Team Bonus Qs Just a little more on how well Tika did but still didn't earn those new Qs.
Saturday Good, Sunday Not So Hot--Literally and Figuratively Got a couple of Qs but there's work to do.
Jules Verne Invented the Internet in 1891 Check it out in my other blog, Word Whirled.
Working On Keeping Spirits Up Because those spirits sometimes sink more than one would like. (Mom, Boost/bars/serpentines, weather, computers, Christmas)
Strategic Pairs What chaos looks like on a course map.
Experiment from Slide.Com Turned my Lexington Reservoir photos into a slide show to see what it looks like.
Can We Go Platinum? USDAA trial this weekend.
Boost Almost Does Standard Video of one of Boost's better runs.
Dogs Take Over the World Do I know this driver?
Christmas Tree, No Beast Some lights are up.
At the Bottom of the Lake Exploring the drained Lexington Reservoir and 55-year-submerged structures.
Rear Crossing Tunnels Trying to fix Boost's problem again.
Poll: Digital Photography at Agility Trials Curious what other people think about digital photographers who server dog agility events.
Trimming the Tree Of course I mean literally.
The Agility Blob That Ate the Universe Compare and contrast 1996 to 2008.
Weird Weather and Whatnot Dogs are playing, dogs love agility, what's with the lemon tree?, what's with xmas?, and whatever else.
Boost Claims To Be A Master-Level Dog In which Ellen is surprised by where we are.
Digital Photography at Agility Trials Here's what I hate about digital photography.
Of Christmas Trees and Grocery Clerks The dogs helped me get a tree.
The Curse of the Baskervilles In which Holmes follows a 12-hours-old trail and discovers the culprit.
Chewing I've been a little stressed lately and needed a constructive way to channel my gnashing of teeth.

November, 2008

Training Winter doesn't stop agility in California--but it might stop me.
Thankful I'm just glad. (Family photos.)
Missed the Rainbow Just a touch of color in the sky
Agility on Facebook Another addictive online time-wasting thing.
Recidivism Dang Boost at night.
Hiking Today Took photos among the redwoods.
The Dog In The Night Party Umpty-Ump Boost's nights seem to be back to normal.
USDAA Rules Change to Qualify in Team Individual Events Now your individual events in DAM tournaments can count as Qualifying scores (Qs) towards your LAAs. Maybe.
Boost's Speed and some Gambling Strategies Boost is very fast. Very. But does it ever show? And Snooker and Gamblers course maps.
Flea Fly Flo Flum Boost might have fleas. So much cleanup to do!
Mom is Home and Improving Sounds so much better. Still things to follow up on.
Move Tika to Performance? Do I need to move Tika to the lower jump height division? What are my criteria?
Did Tika Think This Was CPE? Tika had a good weekend. Boost is a work in progress. Still.
Mom's Getting Better Being off drugs helps; being in hospital helps.
Competition This Weekend USDAA trial, and it's going to be warm.
Moving the Cynosports Games Should the USDAA Nationals be held in different locations?
Divesting Trying to have Less Stuff
Uninspired and Still Reliving Scottsdale Postnationals Tropical Depression
Family Resemblance Some features pass through generations...
Random Thoughts from Scottsdale Trip All kinds of experiences, thoughts, and rumors.
Mixed Breed Agility Calendar Starring Tika.
Home From Scottsdale Uneventful trip.
Sunday Night Somewhere Near the Ontario Airport That would be Ontario, California, not the other one.
Friday and Saturday morning at Scottsdale Not at my best; some personal notes.

October, 2008

Thursday at Scottsdale Boost crashes and burns, Tika feels good.
Wednesday at Scottsdale A busy day and I didn't actually do anything.
The Trip To Scottsdale 2008 Mostly hunky dory. With a blip or two.
Woo Hoo! We're Here and We're Connected! IN Scottsdale with Wifi.
Off to Nationals to Create More Unsorted Photos! Have skimmed through some photos from the weekend, but mostly it's been getting ready to go to Scottsdale.
Fun with Photos Some photography at the end of the day in Monterey.
Really Prepping for Nationals Trying to clean up the small list of things that it's good to review.
Scottsdale Actual Walking and Running Schedules Imagine yourself at Scottsdale. With site layout map.
World Cynosports Info Available Woo hoo, running orders and teammates and everything are available, plus my walk/run schedule.
Yum, Buried Muddy Treats Tika finds a rawhide that Boost buried. Buries it somewhere else, then licks the dirt off her nose. Tasteee!
Nationals Online Where you can find info next week.
Nationals Musings Thoughts, updates, team shirts.
Last Week's Results Table Fun with database exports so revisiting Oct 11/12 Haute Dawgs USDAA results.
Well Things Are Interesting Another Tika title, some soreness, some progress, weekend results, photos, misc weekend notes.
Interesting Lesson On Running Fast What I learned today about keeping up with Boost.
Sore Points: 270s and Tika's Neck This week's training and Tika's sore, again.
Sing Your Puppies to Sleep Cute names and the amazing power of lullabyes.
Lessons From The Weekend Thoughts on achievements and challenges.
Too Much Wind The wind blew blew blew all weekend. That must explain the dropped bars. And other weekend results.
Getting Ready for Competition What we're working on.
Erikson v. Columbus History ain't what it used to be.
Escaping Dogs Our Siberian Husky had nuthin' on this beagle.
Dog Photos Updated blog photos
Bars! Argh! No time! Argh! The work never ends. Upcoming weekends.
It's San Andreas' Fault Today's hike: An educational experience along the famous fault line at Los Trancos Open Space Preserve. Link to photos.
Team Troubles for Nationals Losing a team member hurts.
Teague Hill Hike Photos Link to photos.
Rain. And Phone Books. Boost does some surprising fetching and is surprised by water from the sky.
Tiring Out the Dogs--Ha! OK, an 8-mile hike is good for half a day.
Subscribe to Taj MuttHall by email For your visiting convenience.
Tiring Out the Dogs Longggggg walk.
Goals and the Iditarod A former Bay Teamer completes the 2008 Iditarod.

September, 2008

Preparing for the Nationals Mentally, physically, agilitally, are we ready?
Random Things Assorted photos and images with no cohesive reason for being in the same post.
Home Again, Home Again, Diggity DOG! Back in Californ-I-A.
My Heart Is Torn Asunder Paul Newman has died.
A Day in Old Montreal Another 8 miles, another 10 hours, and what a cool city!
Thursday in Montreal: The Search For Dogs More work, more walking, a few dogs.
Wednesday In Montréal More work and a little more wandering around.
Another Busy Day Mostly business today.
Montreal Photos Photos from my Sunday 7-mile hike are available, including more dogs.
Famous Last Words Stop me if you've heard this one before: "I don't need to charge my camera's battery ..."
Aloneness Being alone is not the same as being lonely.
In Montréal Je suis arrivé! (Arrivée? Arriver? Crud... I am here!)
Leaving My Dogs Behind--Je Vais Aller au Montréal Business and pleasure. And no agility.
Talk Like a Pirate, Ya Scurvy Dogs Just practicing for tomorrow. Long Rem Silver's ghost reminds you to be prepared.
How To Play Agility Snooker The rules of Snooker in dog agility.
How Many Trials? How many trials I've competed in, of why variety, and with which dogs.
Some USDAA Weekend Classes Maps, videos, and brief discussions from this last weekend.
The Dog In The Night Part ?? Another trip to the emergency room. Is it a bladder infection?
Achievements Lots of good stuff this weekend. But handler needs more training.
What The Weekend Could Bring Titles and successes looming.
Self Improvement (Or Is That Elf Improvement?) Got to stop talking to myself. Keep telling myself that.
Why I Am Going to Nationals Why I am going to USDAA Nationals (excuse me, Cynosports World Games) . (Is there an echo in here?) An analysis of previous tournament and nationals appearances.
No Dog In The Night (and Other Gratitudes) Boost sleeps through the night, and otherwise also a good week.
A Lifetime of Weekend Stupidity What IS it about me and getting up early on weekends? A trip through earlier decades.
Border Collie to the Rescue A video with a surprise ending.
Road Trip Report Fun match, beach, fun match. Lots of driving
Earthquake Reporting Fun dynamic data. In color! Dogs are useless!
Busy Dog Day Ahead Practice, walking, hiking, practice, and lots of driving.
Got Video? Selected videos and course maps from regionals.
Weight Just A Minute Everyone's now on a diet.
Southwest Regional Results Results are available online.
Two Legs? Works for Humans--Dogs with no front legs.
Favorite Dog Agility LyricsFrom K-TMH (K-TajMuttHall), only the finest in dog-related music and hijacked lyrics!

August, 2008

Mixed Bag But Mostly Good Tika Qs, Boost back to the drawing board.
The World's Most Expensive Polo Shirt I'm out of excuses. Guess I'm going to Nationals. Besides, I want that shirt.
OK, We'll Take It In which we get some Qs the hard way.
A Good Start Good, good, everything's good, except there's no gas in my car.
Good News and Bad News DAM Team changes; Boost changes.
Hot I repeat. Hot.
Is It Nationals or Is It Not? Maybe the Regionals will decide for me. Or maybe I'll decide whatever I want to decide.
Preparing to Compete Working on Boost's lead-out pivot, go-on, bar knocking, runouts, and refusals. Is that enough?
Number 9... Number 9... In which our agility sequence is rudely interrupted.
Shouldn't Complain Too Much Tika vs Boost as younger dogs.
Runs from this weekend Course maps, videos, and a list of our mistakes.
Sunday Results Generally had a good time. But pretty awful in the Q department. And lots of random photos.
Saturday Results Not the way I had expected the day to go, exactly--
Coming Right Up: Agility Weekends! Plus Puppies! Four USDAA trials in the next 5 weeks. What we need for more titles.
Why Dogs Should Not Be Loose in Your Vehicle Save their lives, and maybe yours, too.
We Interrupt Dog Agility and Hiking for a Sleepove... An annual birthday party in Visalia. A photo story w/out dogs.
Joy and Grief Puppies and another tragedy.
The Dog in the Night Follow-Up Boost is fine probably.
The Dog In The Night Boost and her potty habits. Or what.
Birthday Party With Relatives Boost's breeder's 40th birthday.
Getting In Shape For Fast Dog Agility If hiking gives me energy and stamina, and if that makes me faster, will it make my dogs faster and more accurate?
Clipping Boost resorts to body bashing, for everything.
My Photos In Ebook Dog-breed book available online
In Which Perfection Is Reversed Tika does contacts; Boost does weaves.
Tired of Sleeping WITH Dogs? Sleep IN one! Americana in Idaho.

July, 2008

Photos Photos Everywhere and Not a Dog In Sight Sunday trip to Monterey, and also Havasu inside out.
Favorite Dog Lyrics Part 4 From K-TMH (K-TajMuttHall), only the finest in dog-related music and hijacked lyrics!
I Hate Computers
Boost is an Auntie More fast puppies. (littermate Gina)
Time Goes On Double sad news outside my dog world.
My Credentials Ahem. May I present myself? (agility achievements, such as they are)
Hiking with Other People's Dogs A brisk hike through poison oak without my beasites.
Zero-Fault Grand Prixs USDAA rule change--You just knew it was going to happen sooner or later.
A Sunday Diary Notes about my CPE weekend by time of day. Part 2.
A Saturday Diary Notes about my CPE weekend by time of day. Part 1.
Last of the Grand Canyon Photos At last, I'm done with Day 7!
Who Are You and Why Are You Paying All That Money?... Who we (agility people) are and how much money we're paying. (Duh!)
Charity Vote From Wishy the Writer, an online vote.
Trial Statistics Because I Can I love it when trial secretaries extract interesting info from the trial database!
No Practice Makes--What? Lack of classes, lack of practice, but Tika's fine.
What It's All About Blogging, of course.
No Dogs, But Houses, Flowers, and Ships What I did today in Alameda and Oakland.
Sometimes It's Just Nothing Snooker: It's not about the points, it's about the clothing.
It Sucks or It Soars Why some classes I like better than others for some dogs (with details from Rem's standard and Tika's full house histories)
Complete List of Labels Blog labels list, created manually.
Tika Progresses Status on anal gland.
Tika Status and Chasing That Steeple Commentary on improving runs with Steeplechase video.
Boost Jumpers Disaster Commentary with video.
Where We Did What We Did USDAA weekend course maps with brief discussions.
Things Become Clearer Boost is not ready for prime time. Tika's backside is why she's been pissy and clingy. Probably
Another One of Those Team Days either dog's team qualified.
Smallish USDAA Trial This Weekend Some trial stats for your browsing entertainment.
The Sad Thing About Dogs They're not here long enough.
Bummer and Coolness Tika has a team for this weekend.
Really Really Bored Dogs and Agility Schedule Pesterful dogs and agility coming right up.
Hiking Photo Links Now all hiking photo links in one place.

June, 2008

Washcloth Lust Video of dogs and a used washcloth.
Box Work Video poking fun at "box work".
Photos from Black Mountain Hike Link to photos.
The Great Outdoors Ticks and Fires and Heat, Oh my!
What a Waste Recycling and doggie droppings.
Husky Oh, yeah, and we dog-sat this husky last night.
Leader of the Pack Hiking with the dogs among the rhus diversiloba so green-o.
No Fruit Dogs To Help In This Heat Plums are ripe; where's Jake when you need him? Mighty hot for these here parts.
Day 6 of Havasu/Grand Canyon Trip Day 6 photos are done! Just one more half a day at the Grand Canyon to go.
Various Views The view from Tika. The view from ringside. The view from class.
Let Lying Dogs Lie In which I work and they don't.
Wednesday Night Hike The usual brisk hike with the Sierra Club group.
Day 5 of Havasu/Grand Canyon Trip Photos are up.
How to Win At The Nationals In which I explain my strategy for not being at the top of the game and whining about it.
Work Those Doggie Legs Finally, hiking WITH the Taj MuttHall beasties.
Not Going To Nationals (The big decision has been made. Probably. Things Boost had trouble with in class.)
Is it A Cute Angle? Am I Obtuse? Test My Reflexes!... (Practicing 270-degree turns.)
Caffeine, Chemicals, and Coneage (Musings upon the effects of assorted chemicals on human and canine consumers; plus coneage.)
Hiking Schmiking (But what about agility? A silly post with photos)
Havasu Falls Photos Are up (Day 4 photos are uploaded and labeled. Some highlights.)
More Hiking and Pigging Out (Henry Coe's Backside, plus Casa de Fruta.)
Wednesday Night Brisk Hike (In Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve, the usual brisk hike without much time for photos.)
Agility Music and Videos (Agility goes music mainstream.)
Steeplechase and Team Courses (Several courses were interesting in their challenges this weekend. Here are some.)
Bummed About the Weekend (Results weren't what I'd hoped for. Not feeling good about agility at the moment.)

May, 2008

Things That Boost Doesn't Know ( Things I learned in class last night about rear crosses and bar knocking.)
A Little Bit of Everything(Havasu Falls, hiking Monte Bello, blackberries, nephew graduating, weekend trial plans, tired)
Some Trip Photos Available (Havasu Falls Days 1, 2, and 3 are up, with summaries of each day.)
Havasu Trip Summary (brief statistics)
Home! (Back from Arizona)
On the Road--Or Trail (Post from the road: I've been to Havasu Falls!)
Workout Hike With Pack (hiking: The canyon trip will be a challenge)
Hiking and Topo Maps (I'm almost on my way to Havasu Falls! Trip preparation)
Naming Names--Or Not (Trying to decide on a Taj MuttHall policy for mentioning people)
Hiking to the Mall (In which TMH, sans dogs, strikes out across the suburban wilderness to see a film, taking photos all the way.)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (Friday night at San Jose Giants)
Entropy 1: Moisture Removal Machine (The old dryer died.)
Does Your Dog Bite? (Responding to strangers in the Real World.)
Compost Happens (An award from one of my other lives.)
Favorite Dog Lyrics Part 3 (From K-TMH (K-TajMuttHall), only the finest in dog-related music and hijacked lyrics!)
Handling a Sore Dog (How I handle my own injuries, how I deal with my dogs' injuries)
Things Is Looking Pretty Good Here (USDAA weekend results)
Catching Up (Wednesday night hike around Stanford, Tika's looking good, Boost's weaves, trial schedule insanity)

April, 2008

Soreness and Weaves and Miscellany (Tika gets better, Boost practices weaves, Buster Cubes, flowers
Fiction Break (A friend's Hugo-nominated story)
Poor Tika, Dumb Mom (Tika very sore)
Photos in Clean Run (My photos of Rachel's seminar)
Tika is Qualified in Grand Prix (A surprise ribbon discovery)
It All Turns Out OK (USDAA weekend results pretty good, Tika sore)
When You Wish Upon A Star (Tika earned everything I asked for, and not much else; Boost's weaves; silly dog names)
One Dog, Two Dog, No Dog, Three Dog (what's the right number of dogs?)
Wednesday Night Workout Hike (brief description with photos)
Proofing Weaves Update (Proofing weaves in class)
Proofing Weaves (Strategies for having strong weave stickiness)
Wildflower Identification--And Not (Link to my wildflower hike photos)
Whine. Pause. Whine. Pause. Whine. (Boost's bored strategy)
The Yard Has Gone To The Dogs (Link to my photo essay about my back yard)
Phun With Photography (Action photos of dogs in yard)
Hiking Without the Dogs (Photos of hike with other people's dogs)
Dang Steeplechase (Data on how Tika fails to Q)
Boring Notes To Self From Weekend (Mostly uninteresting commentary about our successes and challenges)
Weekend Courses (USDAA team snooker, team gamble, steeplechase, and grand prix courses from the weekend)
Haute TRACS Is Almost Done (summary of three days and some random photos)
Haute TRACS Is Almost Here (finished the scribe sheets; not working on agility skills; yard)
Contact Consult and Commuting (trip to Rachel's for contact work and touristing along the way)
Big Show Statistics (comparing some numbers from local big and small trials)
How Credit Card Companies Mess With You (nothing to do with dogs--just griping)

March, 2008

On The Road to Power Paws (What you'll see)
Truckee Weekend (hiking in the Sierras, dogs in the snow, staying at the cabin)
AKC Nationals Ongoing (some results from some people I know)
I've Got the Weave Pole Blue(Merle)s/Mountains (Boost's weaves, and off for a hiking weekend)
How Danged Refusals Killed Our Snooker Run (Boost's refusals while looking at me)
It's All About the Titles (2007) (2007 agility titles earned by my dogs)
CPE Weekend Wrap-Up (Detailed notes about all 20 runs)
CPE Weekend Photos (Fun photos)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Boost needs to go potty during the night)
Busy CPE Day 1 (Narrative discussion of the day's results)
My Email Going Astray (Email is disappearing)
Nondog People (What other people think about training, behavior, and so on)
From My Writing Life (Classmates are successful)
Phone, Conditioning, This Weekend, Teams (Phone is out, getting ready for the Grand Canyon, CPE coming up, still trying to figure out DAM teams)
LoveYerDog AKA Bath Day ("Saturday" means bath day; we all get wet but clean)
There Is Nothing Like A Frame (Fun lyrics)
More Photos Than You Can Shake A Rope Toy At (Taj MuttHall photo album link)
Wendy Does Tie Dye (Photos of tie dye done by my favorite, Wendy, and her contact info)
Tie Dye Rules the Nose (Expounding upon white things and enjoying tie-dyed hankies)
Doggie Junk Food (What treats I feed my dogs and why)
CPE Weekend Results (The usual whining about bars, contacts, weaves, but also a lot of firsts)
Updates and Bits (CPE coming up, what Qs we need, car dent, knee OK, practicing gamblers, RIP Kevin Gast)
Spring and Easter (plum tree, Easter facts)
My Dogs' Names In Wikipedia (fun with the Internet)

February, 2008

Google Maps (Which is my back yard?)
Knee Bounces Back and So Does the Other Car (Knee improves; car gets a bump)
Iroknee (Owwwww! Poor knee!)
Rachel's Running A-Frame Part 2 (Finally!)
Walking Into A Big Hole In The Ground (Preparing for Havasu Falls; walking with Tika; photography bug; bucket list)
Alternative Construction Materials (link to agility in the snow)
Are Border Collies Really All That Smart? (link to funny video)
Border Collie Intelligence and Fame (BCs in National Geographic)
Foggy Agility Practice (photos mostly of fog and livestock)
Hiking With the Dogs (short walk with photos)
DAM(n) Teams (yet another permutation)
Another Fun URL (link to funny video: Dreams of Future Agility Champion)
Assorted Fun URLs (random doggie stuff, only some sort of agility related)
Closer Foxie (nature photos)
Friend at Westminster (French Bulldog Elliott at Westminster; fat Border Collies)
More Family Resemblances (Photos of Boost, Tala, Rowdy)
Chains (continued) (Teaching Boost and Tika tricks)
Chains (Tire chain, key chain, food chain(foxes), DNA chain (Tala and Boost), chain of thought (Cirque du Soleil and silver lame), hair chainge (Mr. Chia Head))
A Busy Weekend (Henry Coe Hike, Cirque du Soleil, Elephant Bar, SMART practice and meeting, family birthday)
The End of A Wednesday Night Era (Ellen and Tika drop out of class)
Nose Touches (external extreme nose-touch video)
Team, Team, Who's Got the Team? (Trying to keep track of 3-dog teams for both dogs for 4 trials)
Weekend Photos (Photos at sunset along Hwy 132, Mr. Chia Head)
Weekend Videos (USDAA weekend videos for Masters Standard and Gamblers, both dogs)
Birthday Girls (photo and text about Boost and siblings)
The Vet Bill (for Tika's tooth and other x-rays)
Home From A Cold USDAA Weekend (It was cold and rainy, Tika and Boost results summary)